Family Planning: Every Woman Has Right To Quality Information, Good Service – Jega
Jega Dr. Farouk Jega is the Country Director, Pathfinder International Nigeria. In this interview with CHIOMA UMEHA , he spoke on the right of every woman to quality information and good service on family planning, among other controversial matters regarding the issue. Excerpts: In a country like Nigeria where men dominate decision making, how can male involvement help in expanding family planning? Men should be involved in family planning because a woman cannot be pregnant all by herself. It takes a man and a woman to adequately plan for the family and not only their next birth but their resources like education of the children, foods and general upkeep of the family. A lot of times, men often shy away from these key responsibilities and they go away but, unfortunately, the reproductive biology of the female is much more amenable to interruption and manipulation than the male reproductive biology. A woman at least has one fertile cycle every 28 days and at most every 30 days. It ta